I don't know about the Amazon thing. Xanthe means "yellow." It's a way of calling her "Yellowhair" without the connotations of calling her "Blondie." But as long as it's taken to get names for this bunch, maybe Tat's been arguing with himself about what to call them, and working out theme names somehow.

I'd forgotten the strips where the Sisterhood erected the Friend Zone signs. I mean, really, I forgot they existed.

Still, she's been one of a crowd of Sisterhood. Now I look at it, I see he's reusing the same five girls. Neat. But could you be more obscure (mysterious, subtle, close-lipped...), Tat? (No, that's not a challenge.)

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I know I've been less than enthusiastic about the last half-year of Sinfest and the adventures of unnamed junior nuns--or rather unnamed defenders of girlhood against socially constructed sexualization--look, the point is, they're unnamed. But man, those Friend Zone strips are really uninspiring, aren't they?

It's felt like Tat is writing "girl superheroes" as the fictional characters he wants his daughter to see, but if so there's a fair dollop of "protective dad" in those stories. Then again, his kid is probably middle-school age or younger, so fair enough.

Or his friends' kids. That makes sense too. Mysterious Tat.

(And yes, I know it's a fallacy to assume that fiction derives from the author's real life. Our rowdy frat Tat just grew up on us.)

Still, I'm glad they have names. I may remember more of them than "Trike Girl" and "Bike Girl" now.

Part of what's so strange about the Sisterhood's role in the strip is that they don't socialize with the other characters. (No, tormenting Seymour is not socializing.) They sort of scold them sometimes, but they barely speak in a lot of their strips. There's a kind of remoteness. So they're not as integrated into the old cast as the Devil Girls. What this implies I don't know.

They're alienating to (some) readers, and alienated from the rest of the cast. The guys regard them with suspicion, they don't intersect with Lily and the Gun Girl, and even 'Nique isn't shown hanging out with them.

They're a whole different bunch of friends, they just live in the same town, Tat wants to write about different characters sometimes, whatever. It's understandable. Tat's been doing this strip a long time.

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Bold statements, but jump to conclusions. Clarity of thought required: prostitution, organized or no, has lower standards than the porn industry. More health risks. Little to no accountability. Do not wish to see women ostracized for involvement, rehabilitation and reintegration better solutions. No reintegrative shaming, blame should not fall on them.

Not saying that the porn industry is any better, mind. Amateur pornography also pose same risks. Maybe even more if left unchecked and unmonitored. Child porn and voyeurism definitely need to be eliminated. Professional pornography has better accountability, though.

There are lots of high-class prostitutes that would disagree with you. They earn 200$ in an hour, they could find other jobs, they simply don't want to because they won't get half the incomes they get with their current job.

Some weeks I was watching a reality show where they talked about university students paying their studies working in prostitution. One of them said that she couldn't have paid her studies otherwise.

Bold statements, but jump to conclusions. Clarity of thought required: prostitution, organized or no, has lower standards than the porn industry. More health risks. Little to no accountability. Do not wish to see women ostracized for involvement, rehabilitation and reintegration better solutions. No reintegrative shaming, blame should not fall on them.

Not saying that the porn industry is any better, mind. Amateur pornography also pose same risks. Maybe even more if left unchecked and unmonitored. Child porn and voyeurism definitely need to be eliminated. Professional pornography has better accountability, though.

There are lots of high-class prostitutes that would disagree with you. They earn 200$ in an hour, they could find other jobs, they simply don't want to because they won't get half the incomes they get with their current job.

Some weeks I was watching a reality show where they talked about university students paying their studies working in prostitution. One of them said that she couldn't have paid her studies otherwise.

Maybe it's just me, but it sounds more like you're referring to call girls than to prostitutes. I'm pretty sure there's a difference.

As for safety standards, a lot of the problems there are a result of it all having to be done under the table (*rimshot*). Girls who work at legal brothels in the US are FAR safer than those who don't, often because they impose mandatory screenings for STDs, besides providing a safe and controlled environment.

I wonder is naming the members of the Sisterhood the first step in giving them more individualized personalities rather than the group identity they have now.

I HOPE SO!!! I have been wanting, since day one, for the girls to get more personal. To delve further into who they are as people, as characters, like Slicky and the gang. Interests... likes... dislikes... I mean, other than the obvious things.

lol wrote:

Am I only the one that prefers Xanthe to Glossy? Tess is also good.

Oh, believe me! I vastly prefer the name Xanthe to the name Glossy. And I'm the one who started the Glossy thing.

We've just spent quite a long time referring to her as Glossy, that it's somewhat of a habit. But I'm sure it won't take long to get used to Xanthe.

Ronald wrote:

Well, I don't insist on it, but in Panel 1 her legs look longer than "short person legs" as Tat tends to draw them. Picture her standing up from that position.

Tat is actually rather inconsistent with how he draws "short people legs" like there are numerous strips where Crim has rather long legs in comparison to how short he usually is. So, I don't know. I wouldn't exactly use that for reference as to how tall or short she is._________________